diff --git a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsreformatter.cpp b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsreformatter.cpp
index 097119eb270..bad58e414ca 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsreformatter.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsreformatter.cpp
@@ -101,16 +101,16 @@ public:
         _hadEmptyLine = false;
         _binaryExpDepth = 0;
 
-
+        const QString &source = _doc->source();
         // emit directives
         if (_doc->bind()->isJsLibrary()) {
-            out(QLatin1String(".pragma library"));
+            const QLatin1String pragmaLine(".pragma library");
+            out(pragmaLine, SourceLocation(source.indexOf(".pragma"), pragmaLine.length()));
             newLine();
         }
         const QList<SourceLocation> &directives = _doc->jsDirectives();
         for (const auto &d: directives) {
             quint32 line = 0;
-            const QString &source = _doc->source();
             int i = -1;
             while (++line < d.startLine)
                 i = source.indexOf(QChar('\n'), i + 1);
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/reformatter/tst_reformatter.cpp b/tests/auto/qml/reformatter/tst_reformatter.cpp
index 42d98e02bed..68b192fa600 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/reformatter/tst_reformatter.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/reformatter/tst_reformatter.cpp
@@ -68,25 +68,15 @@ void tst_Reformatter::test()
 
     QString rewritten = reformat(doc);
 
-    QStringList sourceLines = source.split(QLatin1Char('\n'));
-    QStringList newLines = rewritten.split(QLatin1Char('\n'));
+    QStringList sourceLines = source.split(QLatin1Char('\n'), Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+    QStringList newLines = rewritten.split(QLatin1Char('\n'), Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
 
     // compare line by line
     int commonLines = qMin(newLines.size(), sourceLines.size());
-    bool insideMultiLineComment = false;
     for (int i = 0; i < commonLines; ++i) {
         // names intentional to make 'Actual (sourceLine): ...\nExpected (newLinee): ...' line up
         const QString &sourceLine = sourceLines.at(i);
         const QString &newLinee = newLines.at(i);
-        if (!insideMultiLineComment && sourceLine.trimmed().startsWith("/*")) {
-            insideMultiLineComment = true;
-            sourceLines.insert(i, "\n");
-            continue;
-        }
-        if (sourceLine.trimmed().endsWith("*/"))
-            insideMultiLineComment = false;
-        if (sourceLine.trimmed().isEmpty() && newLinee.trimmed().isEmpty())
-            continue;
         bool fail = !QCOMPARE_NOEXIT(newLinee, sourceLine);
         if (fail) {
             qDebug() << "in line" << (i + 1);